Virginia Hummel is the mother of four children, one of whom, Christopher, was killed in a motorcycle accident in February 2006.

She is the author of “Miracle Messenger: Signs From Above, Love From Beyond” and an inspirational speaker on the subjects of Orbs and New Age Bereavement Healing. She has been a lifelong student of spiritual and metaphysical studies and most recently of the orb phenomenon.

Following the 2007 appearance of a brilliant white orb, visible to her naked eyes, she has focused her energy into discovering the source and identity of these intriguing balls of light. As Chair of the Orb Encounters Committee at Eternea.org, a global non-profit organization devoted to the coalescence of science and spirituality, she hopes to find new insight and definitive answers about this mysterious phenomenon. She has created a website devoted to the subject and is currently working on a new book, Orbs and the After Life: A Window to the Divine. She is a Certified Light Therapist and currently resides in Southern California.